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Stored information represents a risk
Protect your assets
All businesses maintain confidential data including customer information, private correspondence, and employee records – information of value to a competitor or an identity thief. Every day businesses discard such information without regard to the potential damage it might cause if it ends up in the wrong hands. Any business that discards such information without adequately destroying it exposes itself to the risk of civil or criminal legal action.
Document destruction is the law
Keeping stored information secure and effectively destroying it when it's no longer needed is not just prudent business, it's required by law. In fact, legislation concerned information privacy and security is increasingly becoming more rigorous and strictly enforced. Some of the relevant statutes include:
FACTA – Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act requires the destruction of papers containing consumer information. This law binds virtually every business or organization.
HIPAA – Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 is a federal law that governs the handling of confidential medical and personal information and records.
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB) – Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, which went into effect July of 2002, governs the handling of all personal information including the protection of discarded information.
California Civil Code 1798-80-1798.84 – Personal Information – A business shall take all reasonable steps to destroy, or arrange for the destruction of a customer's records within its custody or control containing personal information which is no longer to be retained by the business by shredding, erasing, or otherwise modifying the personal information in those records to make it unreadable or undecipherable through any means.
Discarding even innocuous documents in the trash is risky
When it comes to discarding records, your dumpster is not a solution. Dumpsters and other waste disposal sites are prime targets for business espionage and identity thieves. The only legally acceptable method for discarding documents is to destroy them completely so that any information contained can not be accessed or recreated. Documenting this destruction with an exact time, date and location is both prudent and legally recommended.
Recycling un-shredded material is inadequate and may lead to identity theft and lawsuits
Recyclers are interested in collecting, processing and exporting paper as quickly and cost-effectively as possible. Security of the contents they collect is not one of their concerns. Recycling provides no legal record of destruction and, depending on the process used by the recycler documents may remain intact for an indefinite period of time - prolonging your potential liability.
All certificates of destruction are not created equal
Certifying the destruction of sensitive material is essential to demonstrating your due-diligence in complying with the related statutes and limiting your risk. An adequate Certificate of Destruction demonstrates a clear, verifiable chain of custody between you and the destruction contractor, and specifies the date, time and location of that document's destruction. InfoShred adheres to industry standards and will provide customers with the ultimate record of document destruction.
Employees should not be responsible for destroying critical records
Data such as sensitive customer information, payroll records and employee files need to be treated as confidential even when it's no longer current. Assigning a rank-and-file employee to manually destroy such documents or to supervise their destruction is asking for trouble. Managing this process is the responsibility of senior management or a high-security contractor such as InfoShred.
Managing risk is critical to business survival
The management, storage and ultimate destruction of all confidential and/or sensitive records is a top security concern for all businesses large or small. As such it ranks along with employee health and safety, and facility protection as major concern. In fact, according to experts the securing of company data ranks along with screening employees. Failure to adequately manage these critical risks can result in costly litigation or even the closure of a business.
About Us
InfoStor is a full-service record storage, management and destruction service that's been in business for more than two decades. We currently store over 750,000 boxes and securely shred over 700 tons of records each year, which makes us the North Bay's largest and most experienced provider of document storage and shredding services.
Services
Rotating InfoShred Bin Service
½ Price for the first 3 months of scheduled service with a 1 year contract
| Bin size | Large | Office Console | Under-Desk Unit |
| Capacity | 64 gallons | 5 cubic feet | 3 cubic feet |
| Weight (full) | <200 lbs. | <110 lbs. | <70 lbs. |
| Height | 42 inches | 36 inches | 27 inches |
| Width | 23 inches | 23 inches | 23 inches |
| Depth | 29 inches | 16 inches | 16 inches |
| Price | $30.00 | $20.00 | $15.00 |
One-time InfoShred Service
One-time service is ideal for businesses with only an occasional need for document destruction. Fees are reasonable: $35 per each large bin destroyed. Service on a per-box basis is available for $5.25 for the standard size and $8.25 for oversized boxes. There is a minimum charge of $35 per visit.
Mobile Shredding Vehicle
We have obtained what we believe is the best shredding truck for our purposes: the Alpine 608 EVO. Well-designed, solid, and easy to maintain for the lowest operation cost, which we pass along to our customers in affordable rates. More maneuverable than many other models, the Alpine 608 EVO will allow us to access and serve more customers.